we need to step away from viewing marriage as inherently romantic, or the primary goal of romance. marriage is a legal contract we use to create important ties–financial, medical, next-of-kin, mediating shared property and parental rights. the details vary a lot based on where you are and what paperwork you sign. which is not very romantic! but it does have many real-world effects on our ability to share our lives with our partners.
first and foremost, marriage is a legal right we use to build and protect our families, whatever that family may look like
I’ve seen many a smug “activist” here say how they won’t vote because “voting just plays into the system and doesn’t change anything.”
Cool story kiddo, that doesn’t stop the political right from voting, and the next thing you know Fuckface von Clownstick will be sitting in the Oval Office outlawing abortion and deporting everyone.
Why it matters: Trump’s desire to dismantlediversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the federal government’s employment practices could set the tone for private companies nationwide to do the same.
Trump’s executive order targeting DEI practices undid a whole host of previous orders that sought to prohibit discrimination in the workplace. Among the landmark pieces of legislation were anti-discrimination rules enacted by President Lyndon Johnson in the Civil Rights era.
What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Act?
Signed by Johnson in 1965, Executive Order 11246, mandated government contractors to give equal opportunity to people of color and women in recruitment, hiring, training and other employment practices.
It prohibited employment discrimination and called on federal contractors to take affirmative action to ensure employees are treated equally, “without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.”
Johnson signed the act just a year after signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Congress later expanded on the executive order in the Equal Opportunity Employment Act of 1972, increasing the number of employees covered by the workplace protections and requiring state and local governments to follow the rules outlined.
What does Trump’s executive order say?
Trump’s expansive executive order states that “Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 … is hereby revoked.”
The executive order claims that both the private and public sectors “have adopted and actively use dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and sex-based preferences,” and that these DEI practices “can violate the civil-rights laws of this Nation.”
It noted that federal contractors could continue complying with the act for the next 90 days.
Caveat: Trump’s executive order targets the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which enforces Executive Order 11246.
It orders the OFCCP to “immediately cease” promoting diversity, holding federal contractors and subcontractors responsible for affirmative action practices, and “allowing or encouraging” those same entities “to engage in workforce balancing” on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, religion and nation of origin.
What’s been the response?
Trump’s executive order has already sparked outcry from civil rights leaders and advocacy groups.
“Diversity, equity, and inclusion are aligned with American values,” National Urban League president Marc H. Morial told Axios. “They are about uniting us, not dividing us. Efforts to paint DEI as a preference program are nothing more than campaigns of smear and distortion.”
Judy Conti, government affairs director of the National Employment Law Project, slammed Trump’s executive order in a statement Wednesday.
“This is not a return to so-called ‘meritocracy.’ Rather, it’s an attempt to return to the days when people of color, women, and other marginalized people lacked the tools to ensure that they were evaluated on their merits,” Conti said.
>hit button for employee to open the toothpaste case
>grabs it before i can
>“i have to hold this at the front for you until you check out”
>go to cold medicine aisle
>ring bell for employee to open the cough medicine case
>nobody shows up
>ring again
>nobody shows up
>check case
>case is unlocked
>take cold medicine and go to check out
>grab toothpaste from unmanned register
>have to use self checkout
>scan cold medicine
>“age verification needed please wait for employee”
>employee comes over and cards me and then leaves
>finish self checkout
>walk through literal piles of discarded receipts at exit door
another beautiful non hostile day in our great country
i cannot emphasize enough how 5 years ago you could walk into a store and pick up the item you wanted and buy it and leave . it sounds like a fairytale now but it was true.
No, it’s more like you were going to the 7-Eleven but you got caught in a hurricane and you kept doing things to make local gods mad without intending to and a random gal in Topeka who makes yarn crafts to sell on Etsy thinks you’re so hot she locks you up in her house for a few years.
amhrancas 